Tillman Award

Amanda Leigh Floyd, of Lugoff, received the Tillman Award during Winthrop University’s fall commencement exercises Saturday at Winthrop Coliseum. The Tillman Award is the university’s highest academic honor. Established in 1940 to honor former S.C. Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman, the award recognizes the graduate who has most consistently met the demands of academic excellence. Floyd earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance and wants to teach dance with the ultimate goal of working in choreography. She is among more than 230 students who received their degrees during the ceremony.